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The Return of the King (2003) Review

Hello, dear reader. How are you this fine summer afternoon? I hope you're in the mood to hear opinions about The Return of the King, since that is what I am here to provide. If you missed my reviews of…

By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2025Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

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The Two Towers (2002) Review

I reviewed The Fellowship of the Ring a little while ago, promising to return with reviews of the rest of the trilogy. So here I finally am with my review of The Two Towers. I started off my Fellowship post…

By Lizzie Hexam June 3, 2025Period Dramas12 Comments

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The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Review

A lot of people have a deep love for The Lord of the Rings movies. I unfortunately don't, and in this post I shall touch on some of my reasons for that. However, aware that these movies are special for…

By Lizzie Hexam May 3, 2025Bookishness, Period Dramas19 Comments

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Inklings // January 2025

Happy February, my peeps! To celebrate the start of a new month, let's post an Inklings...from last month. The Inklings link-up for January (check out Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene at sunrise. I've been…

By Lizzie Hexam February 1, 2025Bookishness14 Comments

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Highlights from Khraniteli (Soviet Fellowship of the Ring)

Where The Lord of the Rings are concerned, I'm more of a by-the-books kind of girl. But there is one film version I would like to highlight for you all today for Tolkien Week (check out Hamlette's post here to…

By Lizzie Hexam September 27, 2024Bookishness14 Comments

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Tolkien Blog Party Tag

The Tolkien Blog Party has started (see Hamlette's kick-off post here!), and there's a fun tag for it. I fear my tag answers will shame me, as I'm a comparatively light-ish Tolkien fan...I've read The Hobbit and LOTR multiple times,…

By Lizzie Hexam September 23, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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Thoughts on Re-reading The Lord of the Rings

It had been some years since I actually sat down and read The Lord of the Rings, so I recently decided to re-read it. I got more sucked in than I thought I would (I ended up reading The Return…

By Lizzie Hexam March 21, 2023Bookishness2 Comments